The Artemis, a 289-foot Dutch cargo liner, ran aground early Monday morning on the beach of Sables-d’Olonne, in the Vendée region of France, due to furious weather conditions, according to French weather service information.
The Artémis was approaching the port, when 40 mph winds and a strong swell with waves of up to 20 feet pushed it towards the coast, approximately a third of a mile away from ...